Overall Green alert Flood for East Timor
in East Timor

Event summary

Flood East Timor can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID FL 1100400
Death: 0
Displaced: -
Countries: East Timor
From - To 13 Mar - 18 Mar

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East Timor / Timor Leste, March 2020IFRC reported that heavy rain on 13 March 2020 caused an overflow of river and huge floods in Timor Leste (also East Timor). Almost 10,000 people were affected, with floods destroying 190 homes. 7 injuries were reported. Affected areas include Dili municipality and Hera.Red Cross said the downpour on 13 March lasted only a few hours but caused rivers to overflow.Fri 13 Mar 2020FloodList provided by Copernicus GLOFAS
Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
The boundaries and the names shown on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the European Union.

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (36), (2), NASA (7), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2),